Flying Again

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Culture Brain pumps out its second installment in the Hiryu no Ken series in Japan.

By IGN Staff

Culture Brain has released the second Hiryu no Ken installment on N64 in Japan. The sequel to the series known as Flying Dragon in the west, SD Hiryu no Ken Densetsu (With Stadium), translated Super Deformed Legend of Flying Dragon (With Stadium) has hit the streets of Japan on January 29.

The game expands on the SD mode of the mediocre Japanese fighting game by adding more fighters and completely omitting the "virtual mode" from the predecessor. Apart from the greatly improved number of fighters and a few more items, the game also adds a "Stadium mode" in which players can pit their characters against friends' homemade and trained fighters.

Unfortunately, apart from upgrades on the quantity side, Hiryu No Ken Densetsu doesn't feature many changes on the quality side. The fighting engine is still much too limited, the characters square, the backgrounds flat, and the framerates spotty at best.

Nevertheless, Culture Brain is already working on a sequel. Natsume, the US publisher behind the first Flying Dragon title is currently not planning to release more installments in the franchise internationally.